Critical parameters in the single-target sputtering of YBa2Cu3O7
- 15 October 1991
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 70 (8) , 4383-4391
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.349120
Abstract
The critical parameters in the single-target magnetron sputtering of YBa2Cu3O7 have been identified and sufficiently optimized to allow the reproducible deposition of films with Tc’s of ≳90 K and Jc’s of ≫ 106 A/cm2 at 77 K. It was found that during film growth the bombardment of the YBa2Cu3O7 by energetic particles must be minimized and also a stronger oxidizing agent than molecular oxygen must be present to obtain films with these properties. Otherwise, films are deposited that, by x-ray diffraction and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy analyses, are indistinguishable from the highest-Tc 1:2:3 stoichiometric material but which have critical temperatures of ≪90 K. Films need not have 1:2:3 overall stoichiometry to have optimum superconducting properties. In such cases the excess elements are present as second-phase particles.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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